MGM's attorneys write that Starz's license window on many of the titles closed on March 24, 2016, and that the suit covers old alleged sins
and many others. As the complaint states, "Unbeknownst to STARZ, by at least 2015 , MGM began granting licenses to the STARZ-exclusive Pictures to other competing content services during the very time periods in which STARZ had the exclusive rights."
2015, you say? Meaning a half a decade when those movies were available elsewhere? Was this really such a secret? Starz is only suing about thisIn a motion to dismiss filed on Monday, MGM says that's "Starz’s theories of injury and damages are thus premised entirely on the open and public nature of the claimed breaches and infringements," adding, "[N]ot only were sophisticated industry participants apparently aware of MGM’s alleged misconduct, Starz also alleges that when...
MGM requests dismissal on the basis that Starz waited too long to file a complaint in California federal court. "Whatever motivated Starz to file this lawsuit now, its claims are massively overstated and commercially insignificant," the motion states. "And while MGM will fully expose a host of other fatal defects in Starz's larded-up Complaint in due time, this motion properly seeks dismissal of hundreds of incurably time-barred claims as a matter of law before the parties and the Court expend significant time and resources on meritless litigation.
MGM's attorneys at Gibson Dunn write that Starz's license window on many of the titles closed on March 24, 2016, and that the suit covers old alleged sins. The motion continues, "Although Starz pleaded that MGM violated its rights starting in 2015 or earlier, it has failed to identify any title for which an alleged infringement or breach occurred within either limitations period except for.
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